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Tom Yum · 09-04-2007, 05:20 PM

You ought to PM Maxx whose on this forum. As Mike has said, he's spent years in the Korean MA's.

I was only involved in them for 5 years. Hapkido, in my experience is a pretty well rounded, traditional martial art. Hapkdio practitioners can kick like TKD fighters and strike/maneuver/escape/get holds like Aikijutsu practitioners.

They're exceptionally good kickers, have decent escapes from holds and are decent infighters.

Combat hapkido is not the same thing as traditional hapkido. The combat style incorporates techniques from thaiboxing, judo and modern weapons.

09-04-2007, 05:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tom Yum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here and there. Posts: 11,220 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	You ought to PM Maxx whose on this forum. As Mike has said, he's spent years in the Korean MA's. I was only involved in them for 5 years. Hapkido, in my experience is a pretty well rounded, traditional martial art. Hapkdio practitioners can kick like TKD fighters and strike/maneuver/escape/get holds like Aikijutsu practitioners. They're exceptionally good kickers, have decent escapes from holds and are decent infighters. Combat hapkido is not the same thing as traditional hapkido. The combat style incorporates techniques from thaiboxing, judo and modern weapons. __________________ The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know. Slow is fast; fast is slow. Love it, leave it or fix it. Last edited by Tom Yum; 09-08-2007 at 12:04 AM.